Nearly 15 years after the previous movie in the Final Destination horror franchise, Freaks writer-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein revived the series with Final Destination: Bloodlines, a modern update that instantly became the series’ number-one all-time box-office earner. The new movie — once again, about death as a vindictive force actively stalking people who survived a fated calamity — echoes the filmmaking of the older installments, while adding a...
Allied society quests are one of Final Fantasy 14’s more rewarding dailies. Formerly known as “beast tribe quests” or “tribal quests,” these quests involving helping out the other races of Eorzea by beating down baddies that might be giving them grief, or helping them rebuild an area using crafting and gathering. Below, we detail how allied society quests in FFXIV work, along with their rewards and how to unlock all...
In a Fortnite season filled with a variety of familiar Star Wars faces, it seems that Epic and Disney have kept one final character on lockdown. According to established Fortnite leaker iFireMonkey, a Sith-tainted Rey will be coming to the game on May 30 at 8pm ET for 1500 V-Bucks. We got a full glimpse of a Dark Side-loving Rey in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, when she battled herself...
For gaming fans, a console release can be a stressful time. There are the fights against bots and DDoS levels of internet traffic to secure a pre-order at random and ungodly times, and/or the need to mentally prepare to camp outside a retailer. The experience has become rotten in large part due to scalpers, who purchase items with the intent to resell at a huge markup. While seasoned veterans are...
The first Switch might be one of Nintendo’s most successful consoles of all time, but from a marketing perspective, the portable console could be a nightmare. A year into the Switch’s lifespan saw the launch of the console’s first emulator, which opened the floodgates for piracy. From there on out, Nintendo lost control over the messaging of its products at launch. Marquee games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of...
Tear up the court in NBA 2K25, survive a horror-filled manor in Alone in the Dark, combo your way through a future world in Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and take on some sci-fi adventures in Destiny 2: The Final Shape with June’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup. Let’s take a closer look at each game. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image NBA 2K25 | PS4,...
If you watch all the Mission: Impossible movies in order, a clear connecting narrative emerges. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, idealistic undercover agent, is betrayed both by his government and the mole within it. The team he trusts and relies on is killed, and he’s nearly taken into custody as a scapegoat. Disillusioned, he goes rogue, continuing to carry out crucial missions to save his country and the world,...
Famed voice actor Yuri Lowenthal has just blown up Atlus’ spot on his personal Bluesky account with a post about not getting to reprise his role as Yosuke in the studio’s Persona 4 remake — a remake that none of us knew for sure was happening until Lowenthal’s post. And for those who keep asking, no, I will not be returning as Yosuke for the Persona 4 remake. I asked....
Last year, I reviewed a new liquid cooler with a screen on it. It's called the Hyte Thicc Q60, and it comes with a 5-inch screen powered by an ARM chip and running Android. I had two main thoughts at the time: 'this is a novel idea' and 'this is absolutely ridiculous'. Little did I know that a year later, I'd be walking around the showfloor at Taiwan's top tech...
What came before the iPad baby? Well, with both parents working various IT systems jobs throughout my youth, in my case I was always destined to become a desktop gremlin. Hastening that descent were a number of games, but the accessibility of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet was the one that probably annoyed my folks the most. First packaged alongside Windows 95, there's no need to dig out...